TGS 2005: Updated Warhawk Impressions

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New trailer reveals possible gameplay details.

By Jeremy Dunham

As part of its revolving list of trailers at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show, Sony Computer Entertainment unveiled a brand new teaser from its upcoming flight action title from Incognito known as Warhawk. The follow-up to 1996's PlayStation One title of the same name, Warhawk is very pretty hover-shooter that looks like it'll be played much in the same way it was the first time -- as a third and first-person cockpit blaster with attackers coming from every imaginable angle in a 3D space.

In the trailer on display in the PlayStation 3 Theater, it wasn't exactly clear if what we saw was actual in-game footage, or a mock-up of what gameplay would eventually be like ala the Killzone PS3 trailer shown earlier this year. Nonetheless, the video did imply that players could expect to take on multiple futuristic aircraft all at once while using a large red targeting HUB to help shoot the multiple bogies down. If you've ever played the original Warhawk or Sony's great Colony Wars series, then you'll know exactly what kind of game Warhawk PS3 appears to be as well.

Want to shoot them all down? Apparently, you can!

Just like every other PS3 game trailer we've seen, the video of Warhawk was visually impressive. A huge number of craft were all on the screen at the same time and had plenty of detail to go along with them. The environments were equally detailed, but exactly original, as it amounted to little more than a sea-based landscape with lots of clouds and enemies but not much else. Even so, it looked great.

Hopefully we'll have more to report on Warhawk PS3 in the coming weeks, but for now that's about all TGS had to offer. As usual, though, we'll keep you updated on further developments.